“I was really depressed because I was working so hard and I felt like my body was resisting me,” she recalled. “And I got to a point where one night I got home from a workout and I remember staring at my food and thinking maybe I should just not eat.”

“The breakdown to breakthrough moment in my life has allowed me to become the truest version of myself. In my moment of ‘failure,’ I stood in the face of adversity,” she said. “I was struggling with my body image and the pressures to fulfill the demands of perfectionism upon me. I am not perfect. Through this struggle, however, I found the strength to love myself. I stood in my power.”

If you think she harbors ill will because of that moment, think again.

“I look back on that moment now, and I embrace it. This feeling I once perceived as ‘failure’ was, in truth, a powerful awakening for me to stand behind my purpose in life.”

She continued, “I stepped away from hiding behind a fabricated version of myself. I no longer put actions behind my fears and insecurities. I made a choice to redirect my energy to be a catalyst for change. To create a channel for women to become the truest versions of themselves, along with me.”

The Victoria’s Secret Swim Special is coming to a television screen near you, just in time to deliver the perfect spring break vacation inspiration! But before the bathing beauties rock the runway in their best two-piece looks on CBS on March 9, 2016,Wonderwall.com is rounding up some of their sexiest beach and poolside snaps! Keep reading to see some of Victoria’s Secret’s finest donning teeny bikinis, starting with blonde Angels Elsa Hosk and Martha Hunt. The two supermodel stunners rocked coordinating bikinis for a photoshoot in St. Barts.